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Cite as: [2022] UKIntelP o43122
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/431/22
- Concerning rights in
- GB1916294.0
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 17 May 2022
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- NetEase (Hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd.
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act S1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention relates to online battle games played on mobile terminals, such as multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). More specifically the invention seeks to overcome a problem with conventional game scene displays, in which a specific resource appears in the game scene in a different relative position for players belonging to different factions. The problem is overcome by presenting a game scene to players of a second faction that is a mirror image of the game scene presented to players of a first faction. The Hearing Officer however found the claimed invention to be excluded as the presentation of information and as a computer program. The application was therefore refused.
Full decisionO/431/22 
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